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Oscar Okonkwo Season 2025-26

Height6-3
ClassFreshman
HometownPittsburgh, Pa.
High SchoolThe Hotchkiss School

2025-26

  • Compiled a 12-4 record on the season playing primarily at five and six
  • Picked up first collegiate win against Rochester (11/1), winning in three games at six
  • Began season with five straight wins, including one exhibition win
  • Won 3-2 against No. 8 Princeton's 6 Andrew Glaser (1/10)
  • Ended season on a seven match win streak, including three wins in Virginia's victory in the MASC Championships and two wins at the CSA Team Championships
  • Was one of only two Cavaliers to record a win at No. 1 Trinity, beating 5 Huzaifa Ibrahim 8-11, 11-7, 11-9, 7-11, 11-3

BACKGROUND

  • Four-time varsity letter winner at The Hotchkiss School
  • Team captain as a junior and senior
  • Ranked No. 4 in the US Squash Junior BU19 Rankings
  • Won the 2022 US Junior Squash Doubles Championship
  • Won bronze with Team USA at the 2024 WSF World Junior Team Championships
  • Runner-up at the 2023 B17 US Junior Squash Championship
  • Led Hotchkiss to the school’s highest-ever finish nationally as a junior
  • Four-time All-NEPSAC honoree
  • Received the Jim George E. Haines Award for Sportsmanship his junior season

PERSONAL

  • Son of David and Quirine Okonkwo
  • Has one brother, Steven
  • Has one sister, Quinn
  • Enjoys pickleball, golf, and cooking
VIRGINIA CAREER STATS
Year Overall
2025-26 12-4
Total 12-4